Chapter 607: The Debt He Chose to Pay
He had spent centuries in the same realm as the dead and understood precisely what should have allowed them to return.
"They came for the treasure."
"Yes. It was marked with a tracking formation before delivery. We have found no evidence that anyone inside the household betrayed us, and the tracker was enough to reveal when you began refining it."
His gaze moved to the chamber door. "Did they reach it?"
"No." Yanning gestured toward Leon. "He detected them crossing the third ward and followed until he confirmed their objective. He permanently killed three, captured the leader, and kept the chamber untouched. Then he used their dawn observer to send Ninefold Ridge a false report saying the theft succeeded."
"The refinement never faltered," Shen Yuanhe said.
"Not once."
